Attorney at Work
JUNE 21, 2024
Jamie Spannhake | Transform your workspaces — in the office and at home — into hubs of productivity and comfort. The post 5 Ways to Create a Productive Workspace appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
JURIST
JUNE 21, 2024
The US Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a unanimous jury is required to apply a recidivism punishment under the federal Armed Career Criminal Act. That act imposes a 15-year mandatory minimum prison term for offenders who have three or more qualifying convictions, from three separate occurrences, under the act. The court held that a jury must unanimously find that the qualifying convictions were from separate occurrences for the mandatory minimum to apply.
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SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 21, 2024
Share The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal law that bars anyone subject to a domestic-violence restraining order from possessing a gun. By a vote of 8-1, the court ruled that the law does not violate the Constitution’s Second Amendment, which protects the “right of the people to keep and bear Arms.” The ruling in United States v. Rahimi was the court’s first Second Amendment case since it threw out New York’s handgun-licensing scheme nearly two years ago.
JURIST
JUNE 21, 2024
The US Supreme Court ruled on Friday that citizens do not have a right to have their non-citizen spouses allowed into the country. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for a 6-3 majority that “a citizen does not have a fundamental liberty interest in her noncitizen spouse being admitted to the country” after a US citizen was unable to secure an immigrant visa for her Salvadoran husband.
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SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 21, 2024
Share On Friday, June 21, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements. The post Announcement of opinions for Friday, June 21 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JUNE 21, 2024
On June 20 th , 2024, the Sabin Center filed an amicus brief in support of the City of New York’s Motion for Leave to Appeal to the New York State Court of Appeals in Glen Oaks Village Owners, Inc., et al. v. City of New York. Glen Oaks – a 2022 lawsuit brought by a group of cooperative apartment owners – sought to invalidate Local Law 97 of 2019 , New York City’s building performance standard aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the City’s largest buildings.
JURIST
JUNE 21, 2024
David Odero is a law student at Kisii University and a special correspondent for JURIST who attended Thursday’s protests in Nairobi. On Tuesday, June 18, and Thursday, June 20, Kenyan youth took to the streets of Nairobi’s Central Business District to protest against the proposed Finance Bill 2024 during its first and second readings. The protests were met with a heavy police presence, with anti-riot officers using excessive force to disperse the demonstrators.
Above The Law
JUNE 21, 2024
Clarence Thomas is the only one who really believes his own Second Amendment precedent. The post Supreme Court Waking Up To Its <em>Bruen</em> Hangover, Rules Domestic Abusers Probably Shouldn’t Have Guns appeared first on Above the Law.
JURIST
JUNE 21, 2024
The US Supreme Court held Thursday in Gonzalez v. Trevino that the existence of probable cause does not necessarily defeat retaliatory arrest claims. The case concerns a Texas councilwoman who argues that she was arrested in retaliation for her speech critical of a city government official. Retaliation-arrest claims generally must prove the absence of probable cause, as found in Nieves v.
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HowAppealing
JUNE 21, 2024
“The Supreme Court’s Thoughtful Gun Ruling; In Rahimi, the Justices uphold a law stripping guns from an alleged domestic abuser, but a debate breaks out over originalism and the Second Amendment”: This editorial will appear in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
JURIST
JUNE 21, 2024
The right to abortion has remained under threat in the US over the past two years, according to a statement released Thursday by Amnesty International. The rights group noted that millions of Americans have been deprived of the human right to an abortion in the two years since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade , the landmark case from 1973 that established the constitutional right to abortion.
HowAppealing
JUNE 21, 2024
“Supreme Court Upholds Law Disarming Domestic Abusers; The decision amounted to a retreat from what had been an unbroken series of major decisions expanding gun rights that started in 2008”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post reports that “ Supreme Court upholds gun ban for domestic violence restraining orders; Narrowly tailored ruling did not address how the 2022 Bruen decision may impact other gun laws being challenged in
JURIST
JUNE 21, 2024
The lawyer representing former detainees of an Australian youth detention centre announced in a media release on Friday that the Tasmanian state government plans to give AU$75 million to members of a class action abuse lawsuit against the state. The class action arose as a result of alleged abuse that had been taking place at Tasmania’s Ashley Youth Detention Centre since 1960, with children still recounting abuse in 2023.
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HowAppealing
JUNE 21, 2024
“The Supreme Court Walks Back Clarence Thomas’ Guns Extremism”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate. Online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “ The Supreme Court refuses to accept blame for its worst guns decision; US v. Rahimi is completely incoherent, and it faults lower courts for the justices’ own incompetence.” And at Balls and Strikes, Madiba K.
JURIST
JUNE 21, 2024
The Philippines announced Friday that it does not intend to invoke its mutual defense treaty with the US following an incident captured on video where the Chinese coast guard allegedly boarded two Philippine navy boats, with a Philippine sailor sustaining serious injuries. The Chinese Coast Guard sailors were attempting to block a resupply mission at the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea.
HowAppealing
JUNE 21, 2024
“Only Clarence Thomas Is Willing to Give a Gun to a Domestic Abuser; The 8-1 ruling should make clear that not all the conservative justices are on board with the new ‘history and tradition’ way of deciding cases”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
JURIST
JUNE 21, 2024
India’s Delhi High Court stayed Friday the bail granted to opposition leader and chief minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal. A lower trial court granted Kejriwal bail in a money laundering case against him and his party associates filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), India’s financial crime investigation agency. The High Court recorded a verbal order stating the final order was reserved for two to three days.
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HowAppealing
JUNE 21, 2024
“Louisiana’s Ten Commandments Law Signals a Broader Christian Agenda; Gov. Jeff Landry wants his state to be at the forefront of a national movement to advance legislation with a Christian worldview”: Rick Rojas, David W. Chen, and Elizabeth Dias of The New York Times have this report.
JURIST
JUNE 21, 2024
South Australia’s Supreme Court of Appeal rejected Australian Taxation Office (ATO) whistleblower Richard Boyle’s appeal to secure immunity from prosecution, under section 10(1)(a) of Australia’s Federal Public Interest Disclosure (PID) Act on Wednesday. Boyle was prosecuted upon blowing the whistle on alleged unethical debt recovery practices at the ATO.
HowAppealing
JUNE 21, 2024
Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court issued rulings in five argued cases. 1. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered the opinion of the Court in Texas v. New Mexico , No. 141, Orig. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito, Jr., and Amy Coney Barrett joined.
Above The Law
JUNE 21, 2024
More than half of all law schools in the United States now feature classes on artificial intelligence. The post Law Schools Are Preparing For AI’s Takeover Of The Legal Profession appeared first on Above the Law.
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HowAppealing
JUNE 21, 2024
“Supreme Court rules against Los Angeles couple denied visa in part over husband’s tattoos”: Andrea Castillo of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
Above The Law
JUNE 21, 2024
The couple lived a ‘fairly extravagant’ lifestyle. The post Husband Throws Wife Under The Bus When Their Law Firm Is At The Center Of Millions In Missing Client Funds appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
JUNE 21, 2024
“Trump’s Allies Say They’ll Enforce the Comstock Act. Believe Them.” Columnist Michelle Goldberg has this essay online at The New York Times.
Above The Law
JUNE 21, 2024
When you've seen one lawyer's office, you've pretty much finished the tour. Not everyone has Perry Mason's interior decorator. The post Do Clients Really Care What A Lawyer’s Office Looks Like? appeared first on Above the Law.
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SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 21, 2024
Share The Supreme Court on Friday sent the case of an Arizona man convicted of drug possession back to the state courts. Jason Smith argued that when an expert witness testified for the prosecution about drug analysis performed by another forensic scientist, it violated his right under the Sixth Amendment “to be confronted with the witnesses against him.
Above The Law
JUNE 21, 2024
You, too, can strike the right balance between sales pitch and socializing. The post The Playbook Strategy: Mastering The Art Of Conference Conversation appeared first on Above the Law.
Law 360
JUNE 21, 2024
I never expected that glassblowing would strongly influence my work as an attorney, but it has taught me the importance of building a solid foundation for your work, learning from others and committing to a lifetime of practice, says Margaret House at Kalijarvi Chuzi.
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